Infection of an invasive frog Eleutherodactylus coqui by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Hawaii

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 591-595

  Beard, Karen H ^a   O'Neill, Eric M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Biocontrol; Chytridiomycosis; Eleutherodactylus coqui; Emerging diseases; Frog; Hawaii; Invasion; Puerto rico

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DISEASE VECTOR; FROG; FUNGUS; INVASIVE SPECIES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MAUI; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; FUNGI;

EID: 24944514549     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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